Is your kitty fiercy looking, or has some clown fair to it?
Swansea Cats Protection is looking for eye-catching felines to star in its first fundraising calendar — and they are happy to feature the characterful alongside the conventionally purfect.
Entries are already open and contestants seem to be happy to take part of a charitable project.
The aim of this initiative is to r...

A family of terrified cats has been rescued from a home in a Boston, Lincolnshire, after their elderly owner died.
The RSPCA says an inspector went round to the house to discover 15-year-old mother cat Beatrix and her 13-strong litter being kept in a conservatory and an outdoor cat run with litter trays piled up around them.
Animal care volunteers described the group as "terrified,...

An RSPCA centre in Kent is calling out for families to help adopt abandoned and stray cats in need after they are caring for over 350 cats across their three centres in Canterbury, Hersden and Thanet.
Carers are the centres are running out of space to care for the abandoned, sick or injured cats and the staff at the centres say that they cannot remember a worse time for the felin...

A unique national service has been launched to aid the plight of animals in rescue centres desperately seeking new homes.
Sussex-based Animal Icap (Animal Integrated Community Acess Point ) is described as a community alliance aimed at highlighting the plight of animal rehoming.
The free online service promotes the work of rescue centres across the country while advertising their fund...

The RSPCA is on the look out for pet fosterers who would be willing to look after cats and dogs that belong to victims of domestic abuse.
The charity runs PetRetreat, which is the fostering service and they are currently receiving a record number of pleas for help from people fleeing domestic abuse.
A number of people feel that they cannot escape the abuse as movi...

Maddie & Friends is an organistion founded by Robin Buoncuore; their aim is to give homeless cats a home. It started out with Robin and her husband using their own money and resources to re home the cats and kittens they have found. The first cat that the pair found, named Maddie, lead them to finding around 60 more in the same place. They take them in, spay and neuter the older cats, ...

According to BBC, "a 91-year-old woman from Coventry has bequeathed her home to a volunteer cat rescue group."
"Diana Williams, who fostered cats for Coventry Cat Group, died in May. The charity hopes to replace the 20 cat pens already in the Allesley bungalow's garden, at a cost of about £60,000. The bungalow is thought to be worth in the region of £300,000.&...

Two kittens have been found dumped in a cardboard box inside an Aberdeenshire farm shed.
The Scottish SPCA said the "helpless" eight-week-old female pair - now named Banana and Custard - were found at Maryculter Organic Farm.
They are being cared for at the charity's rescue centre at Drumoak.
Animal rescue officer Lynne Craib said: "Poor Banana and Custard had bee...

Staff at Companion Care inside Pets at Home at the Longwater Lane retail park arrived at work on Wednesday to discover a cardboard box containing the black and white kittens had been dumped outside the store.
Their mum had escaped from the box and had wondered off. She was later found and, together with the five kittens, has been taken in by one of the nurses at the veterinary surgery.
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A HAMPSHIRE animal shelter is reaching crisis point with the number of cats waiting to be adopted.
The Stubbington Ark says its highest ever number of cats and kittens is stretching resources to the limit.
Head of cattery Marianne Thompson said: “It’s a struggle and we need help. We need people to understand it’s kinder to get their cats neutered and we need people who...